Its true, the Hittite army has 16,000 troops camped outside Kadesh...
What's less clear, is why.
The Hittites are trying to cross the border.
Obviously. What else would they be doing?
Anticipating an invasion by us, according to our information.
They think we are preparing an attack, which we are not.
What I don't want to do, and won't do, is sit here and wait...
until we are fighting Hittite armies outside the palace walls.
Come.
What do the entrails say?
They don't say anything... they imply.
And that's open to interpretation.
So interpret them. We'll win or we won't in a pre emptive attack.
It's a "Yes" or a "No"
And its not clear.
But something else is...
In the battle, a leader will be saved...
and his saviour will someday lead.
And the entrails should also say that we will abandon reason...
and be guided by omens.
Great Secmut...
Pharaoh drinks in your name and prays for victory over the Hittites at Kadesh.
Your first order of business when the time comes, you retire her.
I will.
I dont know why my father hasn't, but just in case...
...if you see me in any real danger out there...
ride the other way.
I'm serious.
When I look at you I still see the two boys who grew up together close as brothers.
If for any reason you ever forget that...
...let these remind you.
Long enough to be effective from horse back, and not so long that you will trip over them.
This is his. You've got mine.
That's right, that's how i want it.
You have each others. To keep each other safe.
Promise me you will do that... Always.
(sword rings free)
(swords ring)
Ra division to the center...
...and Ta to the south and we hold Set in reserve.
In reserve? Yes.
We should concentrate our strengh in the center.
You should concentrate yours on fighting. Leave the General stuff to me.
(Hitite scout shouting)
(clanking and grinding)
(shouting)
(chariots galloping)
(Fire!)
(sounds of battle)
Fire!
Yaahhh!
Take Ramesses! Go!
Go!
Quick! Turn around!
Turn around!
(citizens shout with approval)
Moses...
What happened out there?
Nothing.
I asked the commanders the same thing.
They too lied...
...and im tired of it.
- He thinks something happened, but it didnt. - Meaning?
The high priestess... the prophecy...
She said she couldn't see who would win.
The other one... "The leader will be saved" and...
so on...
You saved my son's life?
Yes.
Sit.
"Thank you" is not sufficent, but...
Thank you.
I know you don't believe in omens or prophesies, but I do believe.
And I respect that.
But this isn't anything that... doesn't even make any sense.
Because you're not my blood.
Yes...
It's true you can't succeed me.
- Not in the usual way. - Not in any way.
In any way imaginable sitting here.
It's... horrible to say this about one's own son, but I...
...trust you more than him to lead.
The Hittite chariot troops crashed through our defense and began its attack.
I found myself surrounded by the enemy. No soldier, no shield bearer...
Facing a desperate fight for my life.
Only with help of the Gods did I defeat our attackers and rejoin Ra division.
Stop there!
Anything you'd like to... rephrase?
No.
- Shall I go on? - No I'm sure the rest is fine.
What's next?
- Pithom. - What about it?
A situation... the slaves...
- Fine. Ramesses? - What.
Go up there, meet with the Viceroy, look around, make a report.
- Me? - It'll be yours someday...
Take an interest in it.
What else?
- I'll go to see the Viceroy. - No.
- I'll go. - It's beneath you.
It's beneath any General.
I'll do it.
Ramesses... Can we forget what happened on the battlefield?
If our positions had been reversed...
...I would have saved your life to so... - I know... I know...
(snake hisses)
It was a good shot.
Even if the God's did guide your aim.
A little venom in your blood is a good thing...
Makes you less vulnerable to the next poisonous bite.
Maybe even my Father's.
(wagons creaking)
(shouted orders)
(camel grunts)
Welcome to Pithom.
You'll get used to the smell.
The Viceroy seems to be enjoying a good share of his resources.
This isn't a job everyone wants to do my lord.
A certain degree of comfort is necessary to keep up with spirits.
You know what the problem is?
People live too long these days.
Every year the death rate lags further behind the birth rate.
And these people... they reproduce like it's a sport.
Is this a problem? A growing work force?
Oh no. No, of course not, it's good for production, of course it is...
...but only to a point.
When that population wants you dead...yes it's a problem.
So either I'm given more troops to maintain order...
...or I start thinning out the herd.
You start slaughtering people for no reason other than this....
...precarious theory...
...you will provoke the very thing you say you wish to avoid.
Fine. Then give me the troops.
- Let's go down and talk to them. - Why on earth?
You're worried about sedition...
...let's find out if that worry is real.
By talking to them?
By looking at them...
...'when' I talk with them.
You can tell a lot about somebody...
...looking him in the eye.
Well let me tell you 'something' about Hebrews...
They're a conniving, combative people.
Do you know what "Israelite" means in their own language?
- "He who fights with God". - He who 'wrestles' with God...
...there's a difference.
Look, I may not be as educated as you, which aparently you want to remind me of...
...but I have to deal with them everyday. I know what I'm talking about.
You don't have to come. I'll go down there myself.
(sounds of men laboring)
(hammering)
(whip cracks)
Why is he being punished?
Persistent trouble maker... my Lord.
Why is he smiling?
He says he feels no pain my Lord.
Then why whip him?
You were not gathered up at random.
I asked to see the elders.
Come on, what do you pray for?
We pray to see Canaan again.
Canaan 'again'... You've never seen it.
I've seen Canaan. I've seen that it's inhabited by...
...tribes fiercer than Egypt's military, so you won't be returning to it...
...or if you do, from it. - God says otherwise.
Which God? Your God? The God of Abraham?
The God that says that you are special? That you are chosen?
Let me tell you... Come here. Up. Come here.
(Moses clears his throat)
He's wrong.
I can see you are unconvinced, and that's a problem.
Because next to unrealistic belief lies fanatasism...
...and next to that sedition, and next to that revolution...
...and it all starts with the elders. What's your name?
What's yours?
(chuckles)
I'll tell you... I am Moses, son of Bithiah, grandson of Horemheb.
Record this one's name, and the rest of them, and bring in the next group.
My name is Nun.
- My lord! - Stop Him! - My lord! - Let him through!
There's something the elder has to tell you, but not here.
Say where and when.
The bre-house. Tonight. Here.
I see you've survived your adventure.
- Sorry to make you wait again. - I'm not waiting.
- And how was your trip to the quary? - Fine.
- You saw what I'm up against. - Mmm.
Tell me, is there anymore of my records I could get for you before you leave?
You can tell me... has all of this...
...been reported to Memphis?
Was it approved? Do you have it in writing?
Of course. It's on record.
So you don't mind if we check...
Of course I don't mind... But I don't understand. What's gone wrong?
Have I done something to displease you? And if so, is there anyway I 'could' please you?
You can stop living like a King.
You are not one.
Yah! Move! Yah!
(dogs bark in the distance)
(sheep bleats)
(low conversations)
...Into a land flowing with milk and honey.
Can they at least wait outside? We are not dangerous.
Wait by the horses.
- Do you believe in conincidence? - As much as anything else.
- I dont think this is one. - What isn't?
You... Coming to Pithom. Why did you come?
Business.
Sit.
Who's your Father?
I know you don't know his name, only that he was a General in Pharaoh's army.
Un-named by your Mother...
I can see this is making you uncomfortable.
This will interest you.
There's no General.
Your Mother, whom you call your Mother, has no children.
You were born a slave.
Don't go. Don't go.
It is better for you that I do.
I'm leaving.
If you leave now, you'll just come back...
...because you know something's wrong. You've always felt it.
Please.
- Everybody out. - Out.
The year of your birth, there was a prophecy...
...that our leader would be born to liberate us from our bondage.
And so there was an edict from Memphis to kill every first born Hebrew boy.
Your parents didn't wait for that to happen.
Any chance of your survival was better than no chance.
They handed you to your sister.
She took you in a basket to the banks of the river.
And she floated you to where she knew Pharoah Ramesses' daughter Bithiah bathed.
Bithiah took you and your sister Miriam as a maid and raised you as her own.
She probably loved you, but she never told you or anyone else the truth.
You are Hebrew.
The truth?
The truth is it's not even that good a story.
And I thought you people were meant to be good story tellers.
You...slave!
You!!
(fighting)
(swords clash)
(sword clatters to the ground)
(horse galloping)
Do you expect a reward for this information?
Our reward is being of service to you.
That said, if there were some... token... you had in mind beyond that...
We wouldn't refuse it.
Well how about this then...
What about if I don't kill you. Hmm?
That would be sufficient payment.
You people...
(Hands Clap twice)
Please. Leave.
Please...
How did it go?
- We can talk about that another time. - We can talk about it now...
...if only as a respite from this army of grim-faced physicians.
Sit.
I've been taking a thorough look at the city records, and the man is clearly a thief.
Yes... one of life's more depressing ironies.
That the men who crave power are best fitted to aquire it and least fitted to exercise it.
(chuckles)
What's wrong Moses?
You are sick.
Something else is troubling you. I can tell.
No. Nothing else.
May you be alert, rejuvinated, and protected by the gods...
...every moment of your eternal life.
(crowd chants)
To the left...
..No YOUR left...
More... more... more... Good.
It is... tall
Monuments are monuments for a reason... They inspire.
Inspire 'what' in this case?
In this, and in every case... Power.
Say it out loud, whatever it is.
The Viceroy of Pithom is outside. He's not on the agenda.
Well, he can go back to Pithom...
- No, no... We should deal with this. - Bring him in.
If you came here to beg the new King's forgiveness, it won't work. Arrest him.
Wait, please. May I at least respond? I beg you.
It's in your interest.
- You make it short... - I will.
To the King alone...
...my advice is that he and the other Generals also leave the room.
Really. That's your advice?
Hmm... Well, you are not his advisor.
- No, that's right. You are. - That's right.
Moses...
Moses... (louder)
Everybody but the Viceroy... Out.
Terrible news..
There you are.
So...
The Viceroy... You didnt arrest him?
You didn't take your Chief advisor's... advice.
No, he came... uh...
Told me of an incident involving two guards...
...one of which survived the attack and I told him I did not care...
...and then he told me the most unbelievable story.
He told me by very reliable sources. And when pressed, he...
...admitted that they were Hebrew spies. You know what I'm talking about...
Yes...
And what do you make of it?
I think it's offensive... and I think its ridiculous.
Yes. Yes! You of all people a Hebrew...
(both chuckle)
And I said, "How can I believe such a story?"
Cousin... You can't.
What if i take the chance of not believing him Moses?
What am I to do?
Bithiah!
Mother...
The man is a thief. My son discovers this, not you...
...and he reports it to your Father who would have...
...hanged this thief if he hadn't been dying himself.
You believe his evil subserving lies!
All I want to know is... if it is true. I didn't ask for a tirade.
To talk about this any longer would dignify it, and I won't do that.
Answer the question... Yes or no?
- Was I talking to you? - Bring her in, bring her in...
Now!
Miriam! Come. Sit. Sit down.
(bangs table)
Now... I'm going to ask you some things that are going to seem very strange to you.
I would just like you to answer them truthfully.
How did you know Moses?
You know how I know him... and you.
I helped raise you both.
So you are not his sister then?
Of course not.
And you are not a Hebrew?
No.
Place your arm on the table.
- Ramesses... - Don't be stupid! Ramesses!
I am not talking to you!
I'm talking to her!
Your whole arm on the table. Very good... Thank you.
(swords scrapes)
Ramesses... Don't take this any further.
Don't take this any further... or what?
- Do not take this any further. - Are you quite sure about that?
Get your hand off it or use it... Now.
Or perhaps you would like to answer the question?
(sword clanks onto the table)
Can I proceed?
Miriam, I'm going to ask you again and if your answer is again No...
I apologize for what happens next.
Are you... his sister?
No.
(sword rings)
Yes!!
(sword bangs)
You don't need a reason to kill him, but you have one.
- This was treason. - How was it treason?
- He just admitted he knew. - That wasn't an admission!
He simply did not want her arm lopped off!
I saw it in his eyes...
He does not believe the story. I don't want to believe it!
You want to believe it because it's an opportunity to be rid of him...
...which you always wanted.
I didn't say "exiled", I said "dead".
That I'm sure will follow... where he's going.
Khyan... Allow me to talk to my mother.
Yes... Yes.
Come Miriam.
It isn't every man who would protect his servant who is nothing more to him than that.
Certainly no one else in this family... including me.
I wouldn't have said what you wanted to hear.
And neither would she.
That's how much we love you.
"We"...
- It's not true. - It is true.
You were wearing this when I brought you to the river.
I took it off you for obvious reasons.
They're for you.
The connection between you and our Mother.
Your sister saved your life.
Now you have saved hers.
'Moshe'.
Miriam...
Sorry... Sir.
(Soldiers cheer "Moses!")
(sword rings)
(sandstorm blows)
(horse neighs)
(grunts)
I have nothing to steal. My horse is dead.
We are not here for your horse... Moshe...
(sounds of battle)
(Swords clash and ring)
(gasps)
(arrow flies)
(laughing and conversation)
(whistling and sheep herding)
What are you doing? Don't stop. Keep working.
You! Get water for our goats.
Psst. You. Wait your turn.
(sword clanks)
Move your animals away from the troughs.
(sword scrapes)
It's yours again.
Where are you from?
West of here.
Where are you going?
East.
What did you do?
What do you mean?
You comitted some crime?
With respect, your daughters invited me for some food.
They did not tell me there would be an interrogation.
I'm sorry. I'm just curious.
You are welcome to get cleaned up before dinner if that appeals to you...
...and stay the night if you want, before continuing on...
...to where ever it is.
Thank you.
(sheep and goats bleating)
Describe Memphis to someone who's never been there and never will.
It's... I don't want to say "civilized" because that would offend the villagers.
"Civilized"... There's more than sheep and goats... (both chuckle)
- There is more here than that. - Really? Where?
(laughs) I'm sorry that was rude... That was rude.
- I'm not ignorant just because I live here. - Hmmm...
I can see that.
I can tell you one thing... This is by far the nicest place...
...between here and there.
And so you are leaving?
Of course... There is nothing here for someone like me.
When? Today?
(chuckles)
Remember this moment in time. For after these vows...
...you shall say to the world...
"This is my husband".
"This is my wife".
(both recite their vows together) "I Zipporah", "I Moses"...
"Accept you to be no other than yourself"
"Loving what I know of you, trusting what I do not yet know".
"With respect for your integrity, and faith in your abiding love for me".
"In all that life may bring us, I pledge my love".
What makes you happy?
You do.
What's the most important thing in your life?
You are.
Where would you rather be?
Nowhere.
And when would you leave me?
Never.
Proceed.
(people chanting and worshipping)
I said "per se". I dont want to discuss my tomb "per se".
I want to discuss why YOU seem to want to discuss it all the time.
Respectfully, it should have been your first construction order on taking the throne.
It'll be a big project, as you might imagine.
So is my house parrot.
- Is there a problem with the palace? - It's not done.
It won't be long now...
You said that months ago, and meanwhile I'm living there like a bedouin.
Get it done! Faster!
Or do I have to kill somebody...
I think you made your point.
Good throw Father.
Just aim a little higher.
Almost.
Have you ever been to the top?
No.
Would you like to?
- Mother says it's forbidden. - By who?
Our God.
Our God? Stops us from climbing mountains...
Not every mountain, just that one.
It's God's mountain.
(splash)
You are confusing him.
I'm not trying to.
Is it good for a boy to grow up believing in nothing?
Is it bad to grow up believing in yourself?
- Its my faith. - I know.
- And it's his too. - I understand.
- He can make up his mind when he's older. - Yes.
Just like you.
Well he's a lot like me already.
(thunder rumbles)
(Moses calling and herding)
(rain patters)
(thunder)
(rocks slide and scrape)
(Moses yells and grunts)
Moshe...
(fire whooshes and crackles)
Help me!
I think my leg is broken...
- More than that...
What did you say?
Who are you?
- Who are you?
I'm a sheperd.
- I thought you were a General?
I need a General.
Why?
To fight. Why else?
Fight who?
For what?
I think you know.
I think you should go and see what's happening to your people now.
You won't be at peace until you do.
Or are they not 'people' in your opinion?
Who are you?
(pebbles clatter)
I am.
You were hit on the head.
Anything you saw, or think you saw afterwards was an effect of that.
The storm...
The storm started before I was hit on the head.
It was not a storm...
Fine, fine, fine... Turmoil... same thing.
It was something... It was something else.
But the boy was all in your head.
How do you know? How do you know?
Because God is not a boy.
Then, what does he look like? Describe him...
Describe him to someone like me.
Do you know what you sound like?
Yes... I sound... I sound tractable... Yes... Yes...
- You just need more rest. - Yes... Yes...
I have to tell you something... I have to tell you something...
I've not been completely honest with you.
About what?
About who I am.
About what I've done, and who I was, and how I feel.
- About what you feel about me? - No. No, I've been honest about that.
Rest... Rest...
- Don't leave me. - No... No...
(kiss)
Gersham?
- What are you doing out here? - Nothing. I can't sleep.
Are you worried about me?
Yes.
Don't.
I'll be fine.
- What's that? - What's it look like?
Come inside. Come inside!
(sword rings)
What are you going to do with all that?
Make sure I see you again.
Put it down and you can see me forever.
(metal scrapes)
What's this mean?
It's someone I used to know.
This is not forever.
I will see you again.
Do you believe me?
Good for you.
Don't ever just say what people want to hear.
But I will. I will see you again.
Will you keep this for me?
Gershom...
Gershom please look at me.
What kind of God tells a man to leave his family?
If you understand it, I'll understand it.
I don't.
So I can't answer that question.
That's what faith means.
I will trade mine to keep you.
Don't touch me...
Go.
Go!
Father, have you some milk to spare?
Yes.
Where did you come from?
I come from the sea.
It's a narrow and dangerous path.
Thank you Father.
(men shouting in the distance)
(fire crackles)
(bangs on door)
Joshua... I remember you.
Do you still feel no pain?
Keep your eye on the horse.
Welcome back brother.
Aaron... Your brother...
Ithamar!
Ithamar, this... is your famous uncle Moses.
He was once a Prince of Egypt.
(sword rings and thumps down)
I'm fine.
Everybody's fine.
You sleep so well my boy...
...because you know you are loved.
I've never slept so well.
(horse stirs)
- I can't sleep... - I'm told I should address you as "Ramesses...
...the Great" now.
Moses. You're alive. I'm glad you're alive.
Really? Is that why you only sent two assassins to kill me?
- My Mother... - Don't blame her!
Yeah, she wanted you dead.
Who do you think hid your sword where you would find it?
Moses...
(sword clinks)
I am not here...
...to take your throne.
It is not about the prophecy that worries you so much...
This is something else...
I have been told...
...that things here have become...
...much worse.
- Things are better than they ever have been Moses. - No
- There... We have order... - Order? Order!
The slaves...
Their bodies burn... night and day now.
I've seen it with my own eyes.
You call that order?
They're slaves. I don't know what you expect.
They are Egyptians. They should be treated as Egyptians.
They should have the same rights. They should be paid for their work.
Or... You must set them free.
They are not Egyptians.
They are 'slaves' Moses. What else do you expect?
They wouldn't no what to do if all of a sudden they were left...
...to fend for themselves like animals.
Do not call them animals!
This...This... from an economic stand point alone...
What you are asking is problematic to say the least.
I didnt expect to hear a simple "Yes"...
...but I do not want to hear a simple "No".
Is that what you are telling me? Are you saying No?
I'm not saying No...
I'm saying 'Time'. Time...
- You're listening to Hebrews. - I'm not listening to Hebrews...
Who are you talking to?
God.
(Ramesses chuckles)
God.
Which God?
(sword slides into scabbard)
Oh, you're not seriously considering his proposal?
Well, is it a proposal...
...if a man is holding a dagger to your throat Minister.
- Is it? - I stand corrected. That's a demand.
He has lost his mind. He has found a God...
His God. Not one of ours...
So... I would like... Moses....
I want Moses dead.
Did you hear me?
Yes.
Then... Go.
And...
...his family too.
(horses whinney)
(screaming and chaos in the streets)
Moses! Where is Moses?!
(pottery shatters)
(chickens clucking)
Moses! His family! Where are they?!
(grunts)
This is not Moses.
This is not his family.
This is a man, his wife and his child who when asked the simple question...
..."Where is he?", answered "We don't know".
(gallows bangs)
(women cry and sob)
Carry this image home with you tonight...
...and discuss why you would protect him...
...knowing that tommorow at this time...
...there will be another family where this one is.
And another the day after...
...and the day after that.
Dare I say yours.
(whispered conversations)
Isaac...
Go ahead...
You're doing fine....
(spears clatter)
(bustling conversation)
Joshua, use your knee.
It's good. (metallic hammering)
(gallows bangs)
Both eyes open!
Now...
Draw! Loose!
Advance! Duck! Draw! Loose!
Draw!
Loose!
Draw!
Loose!
Again!
There are two kinds of warfare.
Each is dictated by numbers.
With greater numbers...
...you attack the enemy head-on!
Stab it!
In the heart!
With fewer numbers, you come at it from the side.
You cut off the blood...
...that pumps the heart.
The army supply lines...
No. The people supply lines.
Their food. Their property. Their comfort.
What would that achieve?
Everything.
Only the Egyptian people can force him to accept our demands.
For freedom, we must force them!
You're not going to do anything?
I didn't say that...
(baby coo's)
(Egyptian soldiers shouting orders)
(Hebrews screaming)
(fire whooshes)
(man screams)
Where have you been?
Watching you fail.
Wars of attrition take time.
At this rate it will take years. A generation.
I am prepared to fight for that long.
I'm not.
I thought you were making progress.
Now you are impatient.
After 400 years of slavery.
Am I the only one sitting here who has done nothing about it till now?
I do know a few things about military actions.
Still, if you are not going to listen to me...
then why did you take me away from my family!
I didn't. You did.
You don't need me.
Maybe not...
So what do I do... Nothing?
For now...
You can watch.
(grass snaps)
(underwater bubbling)
(splashing)
(men shout)
(growling and splashing)
(men shout and scream)
(men shout)
(screams)
Divine goddess Kebechet,
I humbly call on you to purify the waters of our life giving river.
How long... will it take?
Not long.
But longer than that...
Ohhh!
(frogs croaking and hopping)
(Nefertari screams)
Ramesses! Ramesses!
- Enough! - Do something!
There just frogs...
(flies buzz)
(nervous conversation and shouting)
No no no no! Don't think. I'm clean.
(swatting)
(man screams)
The Nile, as we know, carries a certain amount of clay.
This year, there is much more of it than usual.
Drifting in on the currents... Settling on the river banks...
- (Pick it up!) ...and by the wild thrashing of the crocodiles.
This thrashing, not only dramatically changed the color of the water...
but it felled it... to the point of killing the fish...
but frogs, as we know... can get out of the water when they have to.
Which they did!
But frogs... still... need... water...
And when they can't find it... in the streets of our city...
They what? Hmm? (spits)
- Will they die? - They die!
And then they decompose... and then the gnats come...
and the maggots come... and the flies come...
and then...
And then what!!!
The flies die.
(coughing)
- Speak up! - It's... in Hebrew.
Hebrew? Read it.
These catastrophes are the work of God. And they have not finished.
They will get worse. We need to reach a settlement.
For both our sakes...
So... The work of God.
Here is my settlement to you...
Work quotas shall be doubled and you will get no straw to make your bricks.
Perhaps your God will provide it for you.
Pull!
(whip cracks)
I was impressed at first...
Not anymore.
This is affecting everyone...
So who are you punishing?
(horses gallop)
(horse neighs)
What's wrong with him?
What is this?
- Did you do this?! - Not me! Not me!
- Is this you!? - No, no, no.
What's happened to him!
...and move! ...and move!
Move!
(Man crying)
We have made great strides in medicine...
However, there are still a few hidden diseases that we don't completely understand.
Animals are not exempt... and there is some conjecture...
...that these maladies can migrate from the smallest creature.
Like a...
A fly.
(scream)
Have you been out to the river lately?
I apealed to Kebechet again, and 6 more Gods...
(thunder)
(yelling)
(pounding of hail as people yell and shout))
Is that it?
Are you done?
I am.
Are you trying to say something with your antics!?
Is it meant to humble me!?
Because it WILL NOT!
(insects swarm and men shout)
Initial reports suggests more than 10 million square cubits of crops have been lost.
The Quartermaster has suggested we return a portion of the supplement...
...to the civil granary. An act of mercy.
Your people are starving.
Are you suggesting that I should starve to?
No.
People have plenty of water.
They will endure.
(yelling and shouting)
(insects buzzing)
(flame whooshes)
(screaming)
(woman screams)
Steady!
Fire!
(screams)
Fire!
(lightning strikes)
(pottery clinks)
Is that you?
Moses?
Brother?
Have you come to negotiate?
Because I'm ready.
Because I've had enough of you.
One more thing happens...
and I will bring my own plague...
...to you.
You see every Hebrew child...
not yet walking...
...they never shall.
Because I will drown them in the Nile...
As you should have been.
For you say that you didn't...
"cause" all this.
Your "God" did...
I'm the God! I AM the God!
So let's just see... who's more effective at killing.
You...
...this "God"...
...or me.
Nice of you to come.
He's given you what you asked?
Not yet. But his own people are turning against him.
- And his Army? - It will.
I disagree.
- Something worse has to happen. - I disagree.
Anything more would be...
Would be what? What were you about to say?
Cruel? Inhumane?
It's not easy to see the people who I grew up with suffering this much.
What about the people you didn't grow up with? What thought did you give to them?
You still don't think of them as yours, do you?
As long as Ramesses has an army behind him, nothing will change.
- Anything more is just revenge! - Revenge?! After 400 years of brutal subjugation!
These Pharoahs, who imagine their living Gods...
...they're nothing more than flesh and blood!
I want to see them on their knees, begging for it to stop!
I'm tired of talking with a messenger!
General!
I've heard Ramesses' final threats.
So let me tell you what's going to happen next...
No... No... You cannot do this...
I want no part of this!
Stay...
Leave him.
- Khyan... - Moses...
I could have you killed.
I don't think so.
Unless you do it yourself.
You're own soldiers let me in.
I'm not negotiating anymore.
That's not why I'm here.
I came to tell you...
...that something's coming...
That is out of my control.
Something that will affect thousands...
...and thousands of citizens and it will affect you very personally Ramesses...
...unless you accept what I've asked for.
And anounce it publicly...
...before the sun... goes down.
Hmm...
Ramesses do not… Do not turn your back on me!
This has nothing to do...
...with you and I.
This is far, beyond that.
This is about Egypt's survival. Do you understand?
Sunset...
...after that it will be too late.
What will be too late?
You protect your child...
You protect your child tonight.
My child...
Is that a threat?
Is that a threat! Moses!
Moses!
Tell everyone...
...to slaughter a lamb...
...and mark their doors, and their doorposts...
...tonight, with it's blood.
Why?
Pity the lambs, if I am wrong.
(sniffs)
If I am right...
we will bless them for eternity.
(lambs bleating)
(splashing)
No!!!!
(Ramasses wails) Ramasses?
Ramasses? (Ramasses gasps)
(gasping and grieving)
(Nefertari speaks her son's name)
(Nefertari calls to her son)
(Nefertari sobs and grieves)
(Grieving parents heard throughout the city)
Kneel!
(soldier yelling in the distance)
Many children died... last night.
As did mine.
Is this your God?
Killer of children...
What kind of fanatics worship such a God?
No Hebrew child died last night.
Get...
...out...
...go...
Every one of you!
Go!
Go to Canaan if that's what you want...
Back to the homeland of your dreams...
But go!
As you command.
This is the route I took.
From here, we go south the Red Sea...
...and straight through here. At low tide, we can cross on foot.
(Egyptians shouting obscenities at the Hebrews)
I know why you sleep so well my boy...
...because you know you are loved.
With respect, if we are going to recapture 400,000 slaves...
we might need more than 3 divisions.
We're not recapturing anyone. Ahh...
Forward! Yaahh!
Yaahh! Yaahh!
We should rest. No.
We're not safe until we cross the sea.
Moshe!
Ramasses...
4000 men... 1000 chariots...
How far behind us?
4 days. Less if they don't rest the horses.
(rider calls out)
We need to rest the horses and the men!
Yah! Yah!
The straights are that way. The longest easiest route is down the western coast...
...or, we go through the mountains.
The mountains? Why?
Why don’t we take that route?
We can, but so can Ramesses.
The mountain passes are dangerous but they are too narrow...
...for Ramesses’s chariots. He couldn’t follow. That would give us needed time.
What does God tell you?
The mountains.
Can we make it?
Forward!
(Hebrews passing along the order)
Yaah!
Which way from here?
Stay here.
I need your help.
I don't know where I am.
You won' help me...
You won't help them...
This way!
Move out!
This way!
- Are you sure? - Oh, I'm very sure...
I mean are you sure we can make it across with our equipments... our chariots...
They didn't think they could with theirs.
How'd they know?
They've never been here.
Moses may have.
(Horses and men struggling)
Push! Yaah!
- Is this high tide or low tide? - Doesn't matter...
- This isn't the straights, is it? - No.
- Do you even know where we are? - Yes!
We're at a point on the earth where there is a sea ahead and an army behind!
So now what?
Army or no army, we have to rest!
(dogs barking and sea gulls squawking)
I have misled all of them.
I've abandoned my family.
I've failed you.
I'm not what I thought I was.
(sword scrapes free)
(Moses breathing heavily)
(sword rings)
What is it?
The current...
It's strong.
We need to cross here.
We need to cross now.
Cross here. We cross here!
Ready yourselves! We cross here!
Go tell them! Go!
Your orders are like the lash of the Egyptian whip!
We are no longer slaves.
And yet, you are not free.
You've lost sight... of Caanan...
...land of your forebears.
You have honored me...
...with your trust.
Now I honor you with my faith!
Follow me, and you will be free!
Stay, and you will perish!
Do not be afraid!
God is with us!
Go! Ready yourselves!
Go! God is with us!
Pass the word!
We cross here!
As quickly as you can! Gather your things, and form in groups!
Quickly!
Come on!
(soldiers shouting)
To the right... To the right! Right!
Keep moving!
There's nothing to fear!
Don't worry! You'll be safe!
Aaahhhh!
Ramesses!
(soldiers shout)
Stop!
(soldiers scream)
Stop! Stop! Woah! Woah!
(mutters)
Go.
Yah! Yah! Move it!
Keep moving! Forward!
(thunder rumbles)
Hold it!
There...
Joshua! Aaron!
(Hebrews yell in panic)
Run!
Everyone run! Move!
Run to shore!
(soldiers shouting)
(sword rings loose from the scabbard)
Moshe!
(thunder rumbles and wind blows)
(soldiers shouting)
(water rushes)
Moshe!
We must leave!
- Yah! - Ramesses! Ramesses!
No! Ramesses stop!
(soldier screams)
Yah!
Hold!
Turn around! Turn around!
Khyan!
Leave.
- Brother... - Leave now! That's an order!
Yah!
Come! You'll never make it back!
(sword rings)
Yah!
(soldiers yelling)
(seagulls squawking)
(Khyan screams) (water crashes)
(Yelling and screaming)
C'mon! (gasps and coughs)
It's just me here...
Sit.
My family...
Is not far from here.
- Your family? - My other family... My wife and my son.
I was thinking...
...maybe I can convince them...
...convince them to join us... but perhaps that's...
...perhaps that's not wise. - Of course they should come.
We have a long way to go...
...a lot can happen.
...and then...
...we get there. "if" we get there.
You don't think they'll let us settle in Caanan.
They'll see us as invaders...
- They won't have any choice. - We're as big as any tribe.
We're as big as a nation of tribes, and that concerns me even more.
Why?
This many people?
You have to ask?
- Well we all have the same goal. - We do now.
What happens when we stop running?
(seagulls squawking and feasting)
Ramesses...
...the Great.
Ay! Ay! Ay! (shepherd boy moves the flock along)
Thank you.
Ay! Ay! Ay!
(splash)
Gresham!
Did you do what you said?
What did I say?
That you would trade your faith...
...to keep me.
No.
Good.
You may need it more than ever now.
Who are they?
They are my people.
Who makes you happy?
You do.
What is the most important thing in your life?
- You are. - You are...
When will I leave you?
Never.
May I proceed?
Proceed.
What do you think of this?
I wouldn't do it... if I didn't agree.
That's true.
I've noticed that about you...
...you don't always agree with me.
Nor you me... I've noticed.
Yet here we are... still speaking.
And not for much longer.
A leader can falter... but stone...
will endure.
These laws... will guide them in your stead.
If you disagree... you should put down the hammer.